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Frequency, characterization and genotypic analysis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in beef slaughterhouses of Argentina.
Revista Argentina de microbiologia - 1 Jan 2000
Cap Mariana, Carbonari Claudia C, D'Astek Beatriz A, Zolezzi Gisela, Deza Natalia, Palladino Martin P, Masana Marcelo, Chinen Isabel, Rivas Marta
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study were: (1) to estimate STEC frequency in hide and carcass samples taken from beef slaughterhouses supplying the domestic market in Argentina, (2) to establish the pheno-genotypic characteristics of STEC and non-toxigenic Escherichia coli of serogroups O26, O45, O103, O121, O111, O145 or O157 isolated from the analyzed samples and, (3) to study their clonal relatedness. Sixty hides and...
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